Hezbollah-led protesters camp out in Beirut


  • World
  • Saturday, 02 Dec 2006

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition camped out in central Beirut on Saturday on the second day of protests to demand the resignation of the U.S.-backed government. 

Protesters pitched tents near central Beirut's Martyrs' Square and on streets leading to the government's headquarters, where hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters rallied on Friday to demand the government quit. 

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